Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

God made time, but man made haste.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.